Presidential campaigns

2004

In 2004 Amondson began his first campaign for president of the
United States. He was nominated as the candidate by one faction of
the Prohibition Party. The other faction had nominated perennial
candidate Earl Dodge.
Both candidates were on the ballot in Colorado, so the race between the two was seen
by some as way of determining which faction would lead the party in
the future. Amondson won this contest, collecting 1896 (1512 of
those were from Louisiana) votes compared to Dodge's 140. As
expected, Amondson placed well behind both major candidates (George W. Bush
received 1.1 million votes, and John Kerry received over 1 million votes).
He placed eighth in a slate of 12 presidential candidates on
Colorado's ballot (Dodge placed last, even though it was his home
state). Amondson's third place finish in four Louisiana parishes
was the first time since 1960 that the Prohibition Party candidate
for President outpolled all other minor party candidates for
President in any county. [5][6][7][8]

2008

Amondson was the 2008 Prohibition Party nominee for President.
After the passing of Earl Dodge, only one faction of the party
remains. During an interview with Wikinews Amondson admitted that third
party candidates such as himself have no chance of winning
elections, yet he stated that they "say wise things." He commented
that he would favor the election of a Republican candidate over a
Democrat because of the difference in Supreme Court judges
that would be nominated and the policy of the candidate toward Israel. Amondson stated that he
would have liked to have former Speaker
of the HouseNewt Gingrich as his running mate but
ultimately the designation went to Leroy Pletten. [2]